responds to shootings le this. if you think back tocallambein, the kinds of pictures we saw, when you had an eevent like this, you wait for the s.w.a.t. team to arrive. that's no longerthe model t law enforcement uses nationwide. when they respond, they try to get in as quickly as possible. unfortunately, one of the results is that you have things like this sheriffs deputies shot and lled. on the other hand, authorities sayad the schiffs deputy and california highway patrol man not gone in, more p ple cou have been shot. >> we will be back with you this morning. we are joined by geoff dean, who is the sheriff of ventu county. sheriff, good morning. first of all, ourdo cnces.

i know you lost a sergeant and friend this morning. our hearts are with you, sir. >> good morning. thank you very much. >> let's start with the investigation. as we understand it from our sources, this suspect was n carrying an i.d. is that the case? and how doou go about trying to identify this person? any have yet to locate identification that he had on him or around him. our partners from the fbi came up and we did a fingerprint scan and we continue to check to see if that's, if he is located in some datioase. in additn, we will look to see, he might have some tattoos that might help usn identifying who he is. >> we hear and we understand that the man is dead. pete was reporting that he likely killed himself. do you know how he died, the? gunm >> at this point it's too early er know how he died. the offic that made entry

said that he was deceased when they got into the building. >> sheriff, y lost a sergeant who had worked in your department for 29 years. we are showing his picture, ron helus. by all accounts, he died a hero and rards gunfire, arriving on the scene. can you tell us more about what happened here and tell us about this man? >> well, our sheriff's office received multiple 911 ca bs for shotsng fired at the borderline bar and grill. you'ri you' our units were on scene in minutes. the sergeant and our patrol officers decided they had to go in right away. as they began to make entry, sergeant helus was shot multiple ketimes. they b out briefly until additional units could get he and those additional officers made entry and that's when the

suspect was found deceased. and the 11 additional victims were found inside. >> i can only imagine, sheriff, that tre are so many parents right now still wondering about their own children because it was college night. a lot o kids were out there. there are people reaching out on facebook and through social media trying to find out about their children. how are you helping those parents? >> we have a victims hotline. they can go to our website at vcsp.org andet thatictims hotline and call. our people put that together. itill be hours as the medical examiner is going through and working to identify who those victims are and making notifications to the families. >> sheriff, you mentioned that up unt this point your officers had found just a single weapon here. a handgun. i know you went into that scene. you saw thatruesome scene. does it strike you as unusual

that a handgun couldmureak that damage that quickly? >> no, r notlly. i mean, a hand -- assault rifles get all t tention, but certainly a handgun in the hand of the right person can certainly wreak a lot of damage, especially at close range. >> you have been,f, shern law enforcement for decades, and you have seen countless scenes. i can only imagine. pare to whais c you have seen in the past? >> this is by far the most horrific thing that i have seen in my 41 years. >> sir, we can't say enough about this, whe sergean lost his life a few hours ago. what would you want us to know and what should people know? i know h was your friend, too. what should we know about this courageous man? >> well, just that. that he was willing to sacrifice

his life to save others., he walk he ran into danger. he didn't walk. he ran into danger hoping that he mighte able to save someone else's life. and he made the ultimate sacrifice, but he did it as a hero. >> our thoughts are with you, our prayers are with you,ou and hearts are with you. ventura county sheriff geoff dean. thank you for spending time with us this morning. >> thank you so much for your care and compassion. i priappreciate it. >> we mentioned thend family friends, frantic relatives, if you are worried it's 805-465-6650. that's a hotline of you want to bk about somebody you think may haven there last night. >> a lot of emotional stories taking place inside thatot bar. a lf witnesses who saw things they will never forget. holden hair ra is with us now. how are you? >> i am hanging in there.

very traumatized by what happened. hanging in there. >> holden, will you tell us,yo wouldn't mind, where you were when this unfolded. >> yeah. so was located, there is a , sidelike, exit. so there is a side stage where i could technically go on sfaj if i wanted to. but where i was looking at the time, i was looking directly at the front entrance and i sawt te susp come in, pull out his gun, and start shooting that was immediately. i was blown away by what i saw with own two eyes. >> how would you desibe the suspect? not just how he looked, but what was his demeanor?es can you dibe that? >> he didn' even say anything. so he, like, he walked in. didn't say one word. just pulled out a gun and started shooting. >> andescribe what he looked

like, what you thought his demeanor was like. >> he had like a quick disguise. he had like a black outfit on. he had some glasses, like a black shirt or jacket. but, yeah. he looke like he was over ., i would s but, like, from a quick glance of what i saw with the time of what happened, i got that much of a visual on him. i also saw the handgun. >> what did you do, holden? you see the gunman. you hear the shots. were you able to did you hide? what happened? >> so right when i saw everhing happen, i mean right when i saw the actual, like, flash from the gun, i immediately was in shock, like wide open, my mouth, and i dropped down to the flooro get cover mangd sure i was safe. then i started crawling on the

to the st to get access side door where i was at. once i was able to get up, started running. and then i started hearing more i didn't nknow if they were behind me. i started running as fast as i uld. then i finally got access to my car. i actually started hyperventilating. i was freaking out. my hands were curling in. i was breathing heavy. i didn't know what to do. and then once i started driving i -- there was like a gas station close to where i'm at. and then i saw people in the street. i was like, yo, get in m car. like no one should be just walking on the road right now. then a girl that got into my car arm and i ended up driving her to the hospital. then i dropped them off there. then i immediately went home to my family andot into a safe environment. >> holden, were you there with friends, and have you heard from

them? >> yes. so i was with friends. i mean, i am a local. i have been come hearing for, like, six months nowan say. i met a lot of people coming here. one thing i do like about coming here is that i always run into people ie haven't seen sike high school. you know, evening elementary school for crying out loud. it's cool playing catch-up with all my friends herea but, i didn't know some people. fortunately, the first two gunshots that i saw, i knew the girl that was running, like at the cashr. regis we weren't like good friends, someone that i just met from going to borderline. we just always hadmall talk like, hey, how is everything? catching up, basically. she was the first one to get shot tonight. >> wow. >> yeah. i'm happy to be on my two feet. >> we are happy to see y and

know that you're okay, and our thoughts are with you. >> apprenkate it. >> tou for being here. take care of yourself. we appreciate you spending a few minutes with nkus. >> tyou. >> boy, i mean, when you hear from someone who was inside that room, i mean, we report on these kinds of stories and you hear the numbers of people. but when youone iide, crawling hands and knees to get out of there. >> it's the kind of place that town in one in eve america. a place, you know, college night. country and westernol witnesses t us it was the kind of place you come to dance. it's a real mystery. you know, authorits, they don't have an i.d.th e suspect reportedly, the sheriff told us not carrying an i.d. they will try to see if they can get some information from fingerprints. if that doesn't work, they have other ways to try to determine who this person was and why on earth he would walk into a college night at a bar and opef with a handgun, as the

sheriff described it. 11 people killed. 12 people killed because we cannot forget the sgeant who was so courageous running in and lost his life. 29-year veteran with a wife and a son. the sheriff called his wife and said, your husband died a hero. let's go to nbc's peter alexder. he is a the white house this morning. i imagine, peter, that the presidast awakened and briefed on what's unfolding? >> w reached out to the white house asking that question. cstill no publicomments. no indication the president has been formally briefed yet. no twe ts from presidentrump himself. as he did in the wake of last month'sts pitrgh synagogue shooting, it is likely we will hear from him, condemning the attack, praising the courage of the fir responders, including that sheriff's deputy who gave s life. the president's response to gun violence has stirred some controversial. last month he appearedo blame

the victims at that synagogue saying if they had protection inside, basically an armed guard, it could have been a different situation. it's notable this will week the exit polls showed 11% said gun policy was the most important ise on their minds they went to vote. >> peter alexander at the white house. o will continue to che what you have been able to report from the white house. we have t lot more cover here. we will talk to more survivors, more witnesses. but let's get our first check of the weather. >> good morning, guys. our first wintry blast coming into a good portion of the country today. looking at to be snow developing over the plains, making its way all the way to the east. we have sub zeke elliott arctic r that's going to bring colder air. snow from the plainse midwest make tore difficult travel. a secdary system wilevelop along the east coast bringing heavy rain friday into saturday

on up into the northeast and new england with snow there. chicago could seest its f measurable snow fairly early. we are looking at anywhere from four to six inches of snow through the u. of michigan through new england and heavy rain in the northeast corridor along i-95. upwards of three inch totals or more by saturday. we will get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. stm meteorolo chuck bell.

this deck of clouds over washington iut moving we will be left with a fair amount of sunshine for the later hours of the morning andell in the afternoon. current temperatures a big range.ur temper are in the low 50s. where the skies have cleared temperatures in the upper 30s. a nice d to be outside today. afternoon temperatures will stay in the mid-to-upper 50s. for tomorrow be ready for another rainy friday. that makes four rainy fridays in a row. sfrz /* frz. much more on the mass shooting a that crowded country and western bar outside of l.a. overnight. we will have the latest on the suspected gunman and the heroic sheriff's sergeant killed responding to that tragedy. and the president has fired attorney general jeff sessions. how much will that impact the russia investigation? could robert mueller, the special counsel,ow be fired? first, this is "today" on nbc. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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thousand oaks, california, t s morning. the scene of another deadly mass shooting. it happened again in our country. at a 12 people killed themongand western dance b peo ll victimshis morning. >> yeah, as well as the sheriff's sergeant who raced in, he heard the gunshots, went in. he was a good friendf the sheriff of ven chaur a county. >> a sergeant who was preparing toete as well, leaves behind a wife and son. >> joe fryer has more o the officer who was killed. again, his nameri is s sergeant ron helus. good morning. >> that's right. good morning. it will still be some time before we know the identities o the 11 victims who were shot and killed inside of the bar, but wk w the identity of the 12th victim, sergeant ron helus, a veteran of the ventura county sheriff's department. heho was sand killed responding to the tragedy here. the sheriff says it was threeer minutes a 911 started receiving calls about shots

fired that sergeant helus and the california highway thpatrol officer arrived. within twor ree minutes they heard the gunfire inside the bar and decided to go inside. ght off the bat the sheriff said sergeant helus was shot multiple times by the gunman. the highway patrol officer rescued sergeantli helus, p him out. he was taken to the hospital. during an emotional press conference this morning,er the f announced he did not survive. >> the sergeant passed away at the hospital about ahour ago. sergeant helus was o the force for 29 years, was looking tore reext year or so. he was a moorpark resident and is survived by his wife and son. 's so tragic. losing ron, you know, we go to the gym together, work out

together, is horrific and heart.e and saddens our ron was a hard working, dedicated sheriff's sergeant. he was totally committed. he gave his all, and tonight, as i told his wife, he died a hero because he went in to save lives, to save other people. >> reporter: we should add that sergeant helus, according to h online profile, was an experienced firearms instructor. thousand oaks is statistically speaking one of the safest communities in the entire country, but the sheriff telling the media tonight itoesn't matter how safe you are. these types of shootings can happen anywhere. back to you guys. >> sad morning. joe fryer. thank you. >> al joins us. let's get a check of the weather. >> more cold air to talk about. going to be interesting over the next few days.

for example, chweago, , they are going to be looking at cloudy skies. cold and o snowy friday. this is ahead of schedule. the first snow arrives about a week earlier than average. we have got some cold air, coldest of the season coming in. friday morning it will be 5 in bismarck, minneapolis 21, 30 in chicago, albuquerque will be 34 degrees. saturday morning road lows are possible from cheyenne to green bay, memphis, erie 33, atlanta 39. new york city will be close to freezing. detroit 22. little rock 35 degrees. in north plat, nebraska, 22 degrees. it is snowy and cold. it's coming. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in yr neckf the woods. it is going to be blustery and cold saturda aernoon around here and potentially a very cold start on sunday mosding. your th, we are off to a chilly start. t air in the north and west parts of the news4 nation this morning. low 50s around town.

it will be a mostly sunny afternoon. these clouds won't be around all day. temperatures in the mid-to-upper today. tomorrow rain moving in during the afternoon. a rainy friday afternoon and evening. rainfall amounts tomorrow between half-inch and inch. dry for the weekend but chilly. and now another major story to follow this morning. the president has fired attorney general jeff sessions. his departure will have major implications on special counsel robertmueller's russia investigation, and already there is a new battle brewing on capitol hill. nbc's chief white house correspondent hallie jackson with the story. good morning. reporter: day one on the job for the new acting attorney general, but alreadyuris t is marked by controversy. matthew whetaker is person who now oversees the russia investigation. t he's already facing calls from some here on capitol hill to ruse himself after comments he has made before about it.

this morning it's not just democrats delivering warning shots to the white house. ge>> any attorney ral, whether this one or another one, should not be able to interfere with the mueller investigation in any way. >> reporter: even some m republicans aaking it clear the new acting attorney general should not mess with robert mueller. senator lam alexander tweeting no new c attorney genera be confirmed who will stop that election. the person now overseeing that investigation matthewhitaker. now the acting attorney general after jeff sessions submitted his resignation at the president's request. whitaker, sessions' chief of staff and a former u.s. attorney, now finding his rerks as a conservative commentator on cable under scrutiny. he suggested last year mueller and his team have too much power. >> i can see j whef sessions

is replaced and that attorney general doesn'erfire bob mue but reduces the budget so low that his investigaonrinds to a halt. >> reporter: he said that mueller's team was looking in financial records looking into the trump administration deeply concern. >> i onderstand sort following the money. at the same time we cannot go on fishing expeditions which are casting very broad net, looking for any crimes that are un olated to the purpose this investigation. >> reporter: those views seem to put him on the same page as the president whose relationship with sessions soured after the attorney general recused himself from the russia investigation because he campaigned for donald >> he took the job and thn he said i'm going to recuse myself. i said what kind of a mans this? i'm disappointed in the attorney general for numerous reasons.es >> reporter:sions was the first sitting senator to endorse then candidate trump during the campaign. >> this is a epmovement. >>ter: a loyalist then who, even now, rarely pushes back publicly against the

president. sessions may wind up back in washington with a source close to him telling n news he is considering a run for his old senate seat in alabama. as for the seat he is leaving vacant, speculation now swirling about who could permanently replace him. ke >> if as would you serve? >> no, no, no. >> reporter: a no timeline yet from the white house on when the president will name a permanent replacement. you also have a coalition of democratic and liberal groups who haverg preized protests special protect the counsel investigation. they are now activating what they call their emergency ngpla as supporters to demonstrate later on this afternoon. >> hallie jackson on theill for us. thank you. news of the attorney general's firing ces after president trump held a post-election news conference. q&a with reporters that at times was as bizarre as heated. nbc white house correspondent peter alexander was there.

peter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this week's midterms marked the single biggest political setback for this predent forhe first time. there is a check on his power om the opposing party, and president trump at times yesterday appeared angry, bracing for azz bd of investigations and possible subpoenas. president trp unleashed in a confrontational 87-merute news coence dismissing democrats' takeover of the house, casting the midterms as a republican win. >> i thought it was a very close to complete victory. >> reporter: and touting gop gains in the senate, crediting his red state campaign rallies with helping republicans expand their majority. >> this vigorous campaign stop, e blue wave that they talked about, and the history really will seeoohat a g job we did in the final couple of weeks. >> reporter: the preodent a settling scores, mocking eight house republicans who lost tuesday as insufficiently loyal to him. >> mya love gave me no love and

she lost. too bad. sorry about that. >> reporter: even taking credit for theen retir of arizona's jeff flake. pure and simple. i retired him. i'm very proud of it. >> reporter: the president delivering mixed messages for democrats. complementing nancy pelosi, who is poised to get her second stint as speaker of the house is ready to g he work with the opposition. >> we have a lot of things in common on infrastructure. we want to do something on health care. they want to o do somethi health care. >> reporter: the president threatened to retaliate against house democrats if the moved to investigate members of his administration suggesting he could use the senate as a political heapon. >> if do that, then it's just, all it is a war-like posture. i could see it being extremely good. i am better at that game than they are. >> reporter:ombative, cutting off reporters. >> sit down. i didn't calor you. >> rr: and lashing out at a tv correspondent who kept

questioning him as he tried to move on. >> mr. president, are you worried about indictments coming down -- >> you are a rude, terrible person. you shouldn't be worng for cnn. >> i have traveled with him in washington. he is a diligent -- >> i'm not a big fan of yours either. when you report fake news -- no, when you report fake news, which cnn does a lot,ou are the enemy of the people. >> you said democrats would leash a wave of violent crime that endangers families yw evre. >> weak on -- peter, peter, are you trying to be him? let me just tell u. >> the question is why are youi pi americans against one another, sir? >> i am not. >> reporter: the president seemingly enjoyg the show. >> should we keep this going for aittle while? >> reporter: and late wednesday the white house suspended cnn correspondent jim acosta's pass denying him access to the raounds. press secretary sanders

accused him of placing his hands on a young white house calling it unacceptable. acosta on twitter called that a lie. i was there. a video shows acosta didn't do anything physically threatening f the intern who was trying to take the microphonm him. the white house correspondents association called on the white house tors reverse c in a statement overnight they say they strongly object to the administration for using p credentials ish. all of this is a convenient distraction after the republicans lost theouse and the president fired his attorney general. back to you. >> appreciat your work there, sir. thank you. just ahead, honoringur military. jenna is going todu introce us to a veteran whoed dated her life to helping oers and gives her a well deserved surprise. then our special trip with our kids to sesame street. first, these messages. is fo is our baby. and like any baby, it's loud, stressful and draining.

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far from thousand oaks. it is the fourth safest city in e united states. if there is any question about where these terrible agents happ acts /* -- acts happen, they can happenisnywhere. ther a junior colleges there. burbank close, "the voice" close to there. tragic news again. the ventura sheff lost his life as well. >> and known to be popular with college students. >>nene of the wes this morning told hoda and i that it was 18 and up night. >> yeah. >> so it sounds like it was one of those country dance, you know, you go in and do line dancingnd that kind of thing. they had some presumably pretty young people in there. >> i saw an account of a 55-year-old .n in the b when the shots rang out, he ran out. so did thehe kids. said i was probably the oldest one in the bar. i wish i could have said because there was a momentary pause,

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including a sheriff sergeant, after a gunman opens fire in a crowded bar in california. this morning officials saying e gunman is dead as investigators remain on the scene to figure out what happened. we are there live with the latest. plus, sessions out. just a day after the midterm elections attorney general jeff sessions is stepping down at the president's request. what does all this mean for the russia investigation? >> any attorney general, whether this one or another one, should not be able to interfere with the mueller investigation in any way. and word on the street. we show our little ones how to get, how to g to sesamest reet. our kids meet big bird himself. andmo thirning he will be here live along with some of the her "sesame street" stars to share some exciting news. today is november 8, 2018.

>> i'm representing the university in st. louis. hi mom and dad. >> north carolina ladies lovw. "the today s" woo! ♪ schoolilton homes middle >> dvirginia. 's birthday. >> here from michigan. >> for my 30thirthday. >> i'm on "the today show"! yay!>> welcome back to "today" on this thursday morning. we want to thanke the folks for coming here to spend their morning with us. we do so s on a morning. we woke up to some very sad news and we wt to g to your news. americans are waking up to the horrors of yet another mass shooting. a gunman opened fire during college night at a count b and wester in southern california.

12 people died, including a heroic sheriff's sergeant. c national correspondent miguel almaguer is there with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. that bar thatns t into a nightclub is up the street. the sheriff calls it a horrific scene inside. it unfolded on a busy wednesday night. thear was packed with more than 100 college students. the gunshots ra out, everyone scrambled for their lives. we are told the gunman has been killed. investigators recovered one handgun. they say that may be the only weapon. what they don h haveere is a motive. overnight a night of countrysi and line dancing for college students shattered after a gunman wald into a crowded bar in california, opening fire, killing at least 11 victims in the bar and a sheriff's sergeant. the gunman also died. >> it's ane horrific s in there. there is blood everywhere. >> reporter: sergeant helus

died, he passedhe away at hospital about an hour ago. >> reporter: the sheriff spoke about sergeant ron helus, his colleague and friend, earlier on "today." >> he ran int danger. he didn't walk. he ran into danger hoping he might be able to save someone else's life. >> reporter: polic say the first reports of shots fired came around 11:20 p.m. at the borderline bar and grill in thousand oaks about 40 miles west of lang. >> we knew after the first something was happening. >> reporter: eyewitnesses described a chaoticg scene s the shooter began firing ltiple rounds. then, they said, setting off smoke bombs, causing the bar patrons to grab chairs and start jumping out of windows to escape. >> i wasctually about to leave when you hear pop, pop, pop. it sounded like fireworks or something. aw somebody on the floor as i was running to the front door to

get out, and i saw the security guard go down. he had been shot. and, i mean, he looked dead. reporter: as the bullets rang out, many club goers dove for >> our main concern was to takef cover hoping oends could get out safe. >> reporter: sarah rose was at the bar celebrating the 2st birthday of a friend when the gunfire erupted. >> we dpped and heard the gunshots. a lot of gunshs. a lot of gunshots. i don't even -- a lot. and i was just laying f there. ends just got up and we just ran. and i, by the grace of god, got to the front door. i don't know how. >> reporter: authorities say theyre not yet naming the suspect and they say they don't mknow theotive or whether thec nt is terrorism related. >> i think it's impossible to put my logic or senseo the senseless. >> reporter: now a popular college night for college students turning into a tragedy.

>> thousand oaks is one of the safest communities in the country. it's justr remin that these things can happen anywhere at anytime. >> reporter: with the fbi on scene they are still processing the crimecene. th gunman has still not yet been identified. as for that sheriff'seputy who was killed, he was a 29-year veteran. we are told he was just months away from retirement. back to you. >> your heart goes out to all the parents. thank you. >> nbc justice correspondent pete williams has been talking to his sources. it's a m realtery as to who this shooter was? >> yes,ug alt they appear to be making some progress in identifying the gunman who did not carry identification. but the fbi has scanned his a fingerprin they are checking it against databases and looking at tattoos and checking surveillance video, trying to figure out how the gunman got there. did he have a car, did it have a lance. in terms of the weapon, we are

ut ustomed to talking a these semi-automatic rifles, these assault-style weapons. this was a hdgun. authorities tell us this he believe that the gun used here was a .45 caliber semi-automatic weapon like this. i now, this a .45 caliber weapon, a higheror capacitot higher cassity, but a more powerful round than the normal 9-millimeter handgun. this may account for reasons why this attack was so lethal. the magazine slips into the gun here. it's capable of carrying around ten rounds or so without a high-capacity magazine, and one question was didhe gunman reload. the witnesses say that the gunman appeared to pause from time to time. so it appearsrom what we're hearing from witnesses that the gunman simply c ried several clips or magazines, and that's how he was able to get off s many rounds. the authorities are now workinge to tack the suspect's

movements. they will go now, once they even before they get an i.d., try to figure out did he take public transportation, did he drive. once they get a name, they will be searching the house to to figure out who it was and why. way fro are a lon knowing that now. they said it was an adult white male, likely in his late 20s. >> all right. and presumably they can chase the gun as well and get information there. thank yo >> we are joined by taylor whittler, who was at the erline bar and grill las night. taylor, thank you so much for joining us. how are you doing this morning? >> i'm as good as i can be. >> will you tell us where you were in the bar and just t what you heard and saw? >> i was on the dance floor. and then out of the blue, out of nowhere during the middle of the

song i heard gunshots come from behind me. i turned around and i saw a guy standing at the door, gun in his hand, shooting. i saw three pple drop. by then i was halfway off the dance floor, jumped into a dog pile of peoplet the other side. >> what can you tellbo us aut what the suspect looked like? did he say anything? could you tell anything about the way he was acting, his demeanor? >> he didn't say anything. he wore allhe black. had a black baseball cap on. because ofis posture and his stance and the way he was holding the gun, it looked like he knew ectly what he was doing and he knew how to use it. that's all i could really tell you. >> did all of your friends g out okay? >> no. i found some of them.

i went in a group of 11. still don't know where two of them are. we haven't heard from them. their parents haven't heard from them. they haven't gone home. we don't know. >> this is just too much to bear. how are you feeling? how are you even processing this? i can't imagine how terrified you must have been. >> to be 100% honest,t seems like it didn't really happen. it seems surreal just thinking like this cou t never happeno happened.en it and then after i'm just so shocked. it doesn't feel real. >> we are so sorry about what happened to you, honey. we are glad you're okay. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> we go to washington now. jeff sessions' departure as attorney general is raising questions this morning about the fate of the special counsel's russia probe. president trump asked for

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java sea at 600 miles per hour, an urgent worldwide effort to save another disaster. this morning united, americ, and southwest say they are complying with that emergency order and remindingil hot p ows similar situation. indonesian investigaelieve one of the sensors on the side of the plane called an angle of attack sensor fed bad data to the on board computers suggesting the nose was pointed up. the computers pushed theose down. investigators believe the pilots likely tried fighting the plane but were unable to gain control. now some veteran pilots question why the lion air pilots could not save the plane. >> i immediately turn over the switches and cut the motor out. as you can see, it stopped the trim. >> reporter: h is a retired 737 lot who showed us the simple switch tt should have turned off the malfunctioning system.

however, he says, waiting too long can make ait impossible to recover from a steep, fast dive. >> literary, a matter of seconds i am in a nosedive. the airplane isasically out of ntrol, going through 340 knots towards the water directly into the ocean. indonesian authorities say that bad sensor had been replaced just t a day befo crash after it malfunctioned on previous flights. >> we are providing technical support to the indonesian investigating authorities. >> reporter: invesnogators are w looking at what caused the sensor to mall the plane's maintenance records and whetherhe pilots were ained to recover from that malfunction. this was a recoverable situation if the pilots had followed prescribed procedures. that's the basis for thell in to reiterate these procedures. if the crew follows them, the aircraft is recoverable and can be flown normally. the faa's emergency order

n the s it all planes u.s., all 737 maxs. there are 45 in the u.s. 245 worldwide. nyirlines around the world follow the faa's cue. this is going t be a worldwide order. back to you. >> all rit. thank you. let's get a check o our weather. hello. i see you lking out west this morning. >> we are because we have got a potentially dangerous situation. it's been, you can have almost too much good weather and that's what's bn going on in california. they have got very dry conditions. it's been sunny. ain.e has been very little so we have red flag warnings because we have winds picking up through friday morning. wind gusts 30 to 50 miles per ur. friday night strong santa ana winds may bring wind gusts up to iles per hour in the mountains. look at this. through friday morning we've got dream fire -- extreme fire danger down to san diego.

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what are the most common questions people ask about you. do you want to know? so we typed does mark wahlberg and what popped up was have a tattoo. >> oh? >> i have had all of my tattoos removed. >> really? and then i got one on my ring finger. i have my wife's name. >> aw! >> there. and she thought that was the best gift. >> that's lovely. is it painful toataveos removed? >> ten times worse. i recommend you not get them. >> and when you type in how is mark wahlberg, the rest of the question fills in itself, related to celine dion. are you related? >> i have never meti her. ope so. i have never met her. >>has so weird. is mark wahlberg -- >> french-canadian. >>aybe that's the connection. if you type in is mark wahlberg, the question that pops up is a lakers fan?

>> no, i am not. >> you are a celtics fan? >> i am ae'veon bell fan. i live in l.a. >> one of the great stories was playg the lakers in the finals and i was sitting next to matt damon and phil jackson turned around and told matt damon to shut the up. but, no, you obviously living in l.a., you know he, fun to go it laker game. >> i hea l you areing in boston right now? >> i am. >> do the kids in theod neighborome see you? >> yes, the ones still around. depends who it is. ite amazing to able to bring jobs back to boston. and being there in the community, you know, and if i could inspire kids growing up, especially in thead parts like i did to work hard and do it ever they dream, mak happen. >> i am going to kill most of the crew here. congrats on the world series for the red sox. >> thau. >> yankees have 27. they will have many more. >> thank you, mark. >> thanks for coming to see us. >> it's "instantamily

"november 16 if you want to see it. coming up, our friends from "sese street" are right next to us. but first this is "today" on nbc. his is "today" on c.

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♪ sunny day >> back now at 8:42. dylan join us because w got to experience something incredibly special with our kids. >> abby, elmo, and big bird are here. "sesame street" has been entertaining and educating children forearly half a century. we couldn't pass up an opportunity to showit oure fans exactly how to get to "sesame street." >> look right in there. > reporter: ever since we were kids, we loved and learned from "sesame street." now so do our children. >> bon appetit. muah! >> reporter: how c ld we pass up the chance to bring our little lovies to meet their

beloved magical monsters? ♪ could you tell me how t get >> sesame street. >> behind that door? >> elmo! >> inside that door is sesame street. >> it's a magic door. >> hi, guys. >> hi. >> ok >> hi. hi there. what are your names? >> vail. >> i'm big bird. what's your name? are you haley? >> yes. >>oh. >> are y calvin? are you charlie? hi, >> hi, big bird. >> hi, dylan. hi,oda. hi, savannah. how are you? >> at eight foot two inches, he took time for our tiny tots to adjust to. >> whoa! big bird.

>> could we give big bird a h? i heard he is really good at hugging. >> oh! >> hi. >> hi. >> calvin, do you want to give big bird aug? >> i'll take a hug. >> oh! >> fun, right? i think there is some other friends for you guy to meet. are you ready to meet some other friends? >> yay! >> thae will great. i don't know where they are. maybe they are that way? >> that way? >> i think so. >> thank you, big bird. >> so nice to see you. >> thank you. >> bye! >> bye, big bird! >> bye-bye! bye! >> off to see a fan favorite, the furry red guy. >> haley, i think elmo lives this way. >> hi, guys. elmo is so happy to see you. muah! added bonus, roker was there,

too. >> hello.g was there, too. >> hello.r was there, too. >> hello.o was there, too. >> hello.v was there, too. >> h was there, too. >> hello.r was there, too. >> hello. >> grover is, too. >> you want to dance? >> ready? ♪ happy happy dance dance yay! >> happy dances and some kisses, too. >> muah! >> yes, i'll come over there. >> ah, that's so cute. muah. thank you so much for coming. >> by, elmo. >> you can come back anytime. >> say bye-bye! >> we love you. >> down the street by the garden, veil, charlie, haley and calvin geekut o by over and cookie monster. >> welcome to sesame street. may so happy you guys are re,

right, >> cookie monster, we are going to pretend to eat cookies. how do you eat a cookie? >> hold up your han and eat it like this. nom-nom-nom. >> do you want a hug? >> there is a lot going on around here. >> with that, it turned into a sesame hug apalooza. >> do you want a kiss? >> how about big group hug? >> kiss, kiss. >> group hug! s >> we loveesame street! >> calvin turnednto a stage 4 klinger at one point. >> oh, yeah. by the way, d best ever. best day ever. >> hi, abby, alamo, and big bird. >> hello there. >> i still feel those hugs. they feel>> so good. e do too, guys. we loved being on sesame street. big bird, youheave been so long. it's such a magical place.

>> yeah, well, i am 6 . hat's how long i have been there. >> you learned a lot? >> o>> sure, yeah. elmo, sometimes haley and calvin watch you through the jean and sometim they want to hug you through the screen. do you see them? yes. hello, good morning. elmo loves you. >> a oh! eabby, i know calvin was giving you somey big hugs. etere was a point i wasn't sure he was going to go. is it true you are going on some amazing adventures soon? >> yes, it's true. iave a little brother whose name is rudy, and we likepl to pretend stuff in my room. we have been everywhere. we pretend we go to outer space and to vcanoes. we have the best time! >> wow. well, you guys are really good at hugging. how did you get to be so good at it? >> younow, we're cuddly and

soft and lovable. >> yes. >>ou guys are all so good at dancing. could we he is a little of the n happy? >> sure. >> okay. ready? >> three, four. ♪ happy happy dance dance ♪ happy happy dance dance ♪ when we learn something new ♪ we do the happy dance dance >> we loved having you. >> want to ohy hello? >> hi. >> come on. >> here you go. elmo and abby, this is ike. >> ike, hi! >> can you shake his hand? wow? >> wow. gl do you want to say hi to elmo? >> hi, ike. hi, buddy. are you having a good time? >> we are just getting started. you know what? elmo and ike are both 3 years

old. >> really? >> all right. we love it. guys, thank you for bringing so much joy year after year. all right. coming up, "popstart," including onescar winner's royal honor. first, this is "today" on nbc. thanks! >> yay! is only in the eyes. but we say conventional thinking is blinding us. at upmc, we look through the eyes and into the mind for solutions to blindness. with that kind of thinking, an irreversible condition can become history. we are uncommon to the core. we are upmc.

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daughter, ronnie rose, about five weeks ago. didn't stop her from stepping out for a good made her first public appearance. sh joined michael kors to speak about her role as anmbassador to the national food program with natalie morales. w natalil have por on access ses later today. andelissa mccarthy sat down withmi judiciary cimmy kim. she shared a funny story about bringing her parents to the premier of a film. of all the celebrities, the one they lostnd their cool ar >> they are sweet. they are not like too crazy about anybody. judge judy was at our preemary. my parents went bat [ bleep ]. i'm not kidding. my dad was like, oh my god! oh my god! it's judge's judy! th judy!

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news is is a news4 today break. >> good morning everybody. 8:56 on this thursday, november 8. i'm aon gilchrist. t's start with a look at the roads. melissa molett has your first 4 traffic. >> good morning. right now silver springs northbound georgia near glen allen a car fire. caful through the area. still have a response on the scene. arlington eastbound 50 before pershing drive police activity blocking the right lane this morning. northbound 395 before the pentagon we are slow in the main lanes due to a crash. >> thank you. we will have a look at our forecast after a quick break. stay with us. denise?

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